Cash-only bail set for 19-year-old Jersey City man charged with shooting two men, robbing a third

Jersey Journal file photoDeandre Thomas, who is accused of shooting two men and robbing a third, has seen his bail increased to $500,000 cash only.

Bail has been increased from $500,000 cash or bond to $500,000 cash only for a 19-year-old Jersey City man who was out of prison less than a month when charged this week with shooting two men and robbing a third, officials said.

Officials at the Hudson County jail in Kearny said today that Thomas is now being held on the "cash only" bail. He was in state prison from May 7, 2009 to April 30, 2012 for two counts of aggravated assault committed at the age of 15, corrections records say.

A warrant for Thomas' arrest in connection to Saturday's shooting at the Booker T. Washington housing complex was issued Tuesday. In that incident, he is also charged with two counts of aggravated assault, as well as armed robbery, and numerous weapons offenses, including possession of a firearm by a felon, the criminal complaints say.

In Saturday's shooting, the criminal complaint says, a 23-year-old Newark man was shot in the neck, chin, right side, back and twice in the left side, and a 25-year-old Jersey City man was shot once in the upper left chest. Both victims were listed in stable condition after the shootings, police said

Thomas is also charged with the armed robbery of a third man, who was relieved of a wallet containing $60 that day, the complaint says.

Thomas made his first court appearance on the charges Wednesday in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail.